Block mode was sort of the text terminal version of today's web SPA's.
I worked with one at a chemical company back in the 90's, and they were wonderfully efficient. Only send a single chunk of data when needed, not a constant stream of individual keypresses that have to be interpreted and processed.
I worked with one at a chemical company back in the 90's, and they were wonderfully efficient. Only send a single chunk of data when needed, not a constant stream of individual keypresses that have to be interpreted and processed.